Job description
Overview
Salary:
About the job:
Our General Operators work in a range of areas including: Process, where you are involved in monitoring and operating the pellet fryer and seasoning equipment while ensuring product Quality is maintained; Packaging and Multipack, where you will be monitoring and operating packaging machines while completing important Quality checks; Raw Materials, which includes driving a Shunter to move trailers around the yard and booking in the raw materials on the SAP system; the Pellet Plant Control Room, which involves monitoring and operating the pellet production line.
Responsibilities
- Operating and setting machinery whilst being accountable for a number of pieces of equipment, ensuring they are health and Safety compliant, at a set standard and identifying when they are not
- Understanding the cause for any drops in standards with machinery, along with the impact of this and how to rectify issues
- Understanding and interpreting numerical data and confidently communicating verbally and in written form machine performance
- Cover for colleagues absence as and when necessary
- Maintaining high safety, hygiene and housekeeping standards
- Proactively escalating for assistance from wider shift team where necessary if issues occur outside of the General Operator remit
What we offer:
At PepsiCo we are committed to the development of our people. You will receive comprehensive training for the General Operator role and will be supported during your probationary period to achieve the required standard. Those with a passion to progress will have the opportunity for further development to enhance their career within the wider PepsiCo business. The HomeGrown Programme is a development programme solely targeted at our frontline employees. Successful applicants will be supported in their chosen career path with an advanced apprenticeship standard e.g. Technical route General Operator, Manufacturing Technician and Leadership route to Coordinator.
Qualifications
A strong work ethic and loyal ethos- High attention to detail and the capacity to work at a fast pace
- Strong communication skills on all levels
- A problem solving and analytical approach
- Experience within a manufacturing environment
- A technical understanding and familiarity of machinery
- Process control Room experience
- HGV / Shunter driving experience